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60 | By the time you read this, our 45th Reunion will be over, but because this is being written in April, the actual report on our four June days in Ithaca will have to wait until the next issue. So let's just assume we all had a great time getting together and partaking of the many activities. The details will appear in September. Hope you made it to Ithaca!

Dave Ahl writes from Morristown, NJ, that "retirement isn't what it's cracked up to be. I have far less leisure time now than when I was working full time, the result of backing into a new business of developing websites for charities and seniors. Between referrals and 50,000-plus visitors per month to my own website, www.swapmeetdave. com, of funny cat photos, Bible studies, jokes, scam exposures, money management, and military vehicles, I keep getting more business. Yes, it's fun, but when do I get to really retire?" Another pseudo-retiree is Harry Blair, who stepped down from teaching at Bucknell only to take a new position in the political science department at Yale. Harry finds the Yale students "very much like their counterparts at Cornell--bright, committed, enthusiastic, and really fun to teach!"Harry and Barbara live in Branford, CT.

Don Milsten of Baltimore is still busy as a senior energy associate with the National Association of State Energy Officials. He works with the natural gas, electric, and petroleum industries to update state plans for energy infrastructure protection and emergency response. Don is also completing a second term as president of his synagogue, but somehow finds time to enjoy his and wife Barbara's six grandchildren. Class Council member Geoffrey Bullard traveled to San Diego in late September for the baptism of his second grandchild, just a few days after the Albany wedding of his daughter Thessaly '95, MAT '00, to Ian Killer. Thessaly now has management responsibilities for Bullard,McLeod; and Geoffrey is enjoying the additional free time.

John Charles Smith of Far Hills, NJ, continues to work full time as a landscape architect and recently announced that Brian Hirsch '01, LArch '01, had joined his firm. John's daughter Sarah and her husband presented him with his first grandchild, a boy, in August 2004. Richard Gibbons of Richmond,VA, is another active landscape architect, working closely with the departments at the U. of Virginia and Virginia Tech and also serving as chairman of the Virginia Scenic River Advisory Board and as a member of the Capitol Square Preservation Council. Dick and his wife Jean have two grandchildren.

Susan Shank has moved to Santa Barbara, CA, and says, "I love it.My house overlooks a nature preserve and beyond that the Pacific. It's also less than a mile from my older daughter, Jennifer Holland." Susan spent a month in Australia in early 2004, attending the Tennis Open and exploring the continent. Leonard Johnson reports that on the way back from a recent ski trip to New Mexico and Colorado, he and Patty stopped in Ithaca and had a terrific visit with Dave, MEd '66, and Judy Dresser. "Their house on the lake is delightful," says Leonard, who lives on Cape Cod near another notable body of water, but has been sighted in Boston venues such as the Museum of Fine Arts.

In August 2004, Steve Marmaroff sold his home of nearly 40 years in Brightwaters and is now making his place in Singer Island, FL, his primary residence. "Hurricanes notwithstanding, we love the weather," says Steve. "And the beaches are terrific."Another partial-escapee from northern winters is Sandra Nasar Gross, who now leaves East Lansing, MI, each year to spend November through April in Delray, FL. Sandi and Barry, MA '62, are enjoying their retirement, traveling overseas, visiting children and grandchildren in New York and Connecticut, and taking Cornell adult courses during the summer. Mel Schaffer of South Orange, NJ, is still working in the plastics industry, but spending his free time in both Florida and Vermont.

Jody Froistad DeChaine traveled from Portland, OR, to Africa last October, to visit her sister Jennifer Froistad '62, who is the director of Save the Children in Malawi. "Africa is an eye-opening experience," says Jody, and visiting the continent is a "wonderful adventure." Although Malawi has been devastated by poverty and AIDS, leaving many orphans, she found the people there to be friendly and beautiful. Jan Mitchelhill Leas has also been traveling overseas to visit family because her son David Johnson '89,MBA '90, now lives in Germany with his wife and two children. "Visiting them there has been a joy," says Jan.Her other children, Leslie JohnsonMather '84 and Wayne Johnson, live not far from Jan's home in Stone Ridge, so she feels really fortunate.

Gertrude Schaufler Freidel of San Bernardino, CA, retired in August 2004 after more than 30 years as a theatre costumer, and is now working with the HIP (Help Increase the Peace) program, which is intended to provide non-violent alternatives to young people. She finds that "writing rap music is a great way to connect with them." Patricia Ceterski Rebollo of Sacramento, CA, reports that she is "enjoying retirement, traveling, and spending time with my seven grandchildren." Our condolences to Danila Obrdlik Darko of Katy, TX, whose partner of 17 years, David Stutz, passed away in September 2004. Danila writes that it has been an unhappy year, but she is hopeful that better times lie ahead.

The recent mail contained two forms full of news for the column but with no names filled in. Please be sure to complete those forms! Better yet, send news directly to me. -- Judy Bryant Wittenberg, jw275@cornell.edu; or regular mail, 146 Allerton Rd., Newton,MA 02461.

61 | Andrew Thomas will be in Seoul, Korea, this summer to conduct three concerts with Juilliard and Korean soloists. Joanne Shapiro Koch's musical American Klezmer, which portrays women's views of the Jewish immigrant experience, was presented as part of the Stages '04 Festival in Chicago. Hailed as a "Best Bet" and written up in the weekly Forward newspaper, this production features the "zesty"music known as Klezmer. It moves on to L.A. and NYC this year. She and her co-author/composer Sarah Cohen also adapted the late Saul Bellow's "A Silver Dish" for stage. Calling their work Saul Bellow's Stories on Stage, Joanne and Sarah oversaw productions in Albany, NY, Chicago, and Milwaukee this past spring.

As an associate prof. of English at National-Louis U., Joanne serves as the director of the Graduate Writing Program at three Chicago-area campuses of NLU. In family matters, she and husband Lewis are proud of their daughter Lisa and son-in-law Michael Kornick, who run several highly successful restaurants in the Chicago and Northfield, IL, areas. Their grandson Zachary is a third grade "chess champion," brags Joanne, while his sister Sophie has her sights set (at age 7) on becoming a chef.

Lawrence Aaron is president of Great American Finance and chairman of AmeriMark Bank in the Chicago area. He and his wife Susan have six grandchildren. Warren Jacobson and his son Shep '89 practice law in Beverly Hills as the Jacobson Law Group.Warren acts in a theatre group and still exercises and stays in shape. He is trying to get used to being called "Sir" at Gold's Gym. He and wife Roslyn have two grandchildren,Warren and Gabriella.

In the 34th year of his career as an architect, Noah Greenberg, BArch '65, won awards for design and historic preservation. His major undertaking over the past ten years has been the restoration of Highfield Hall, a Falmouth,MA, mansion built in 1876 by the Beebe family of Boston as a summer cottage. The Greenbergs also celebrated the wedding of daughter Rebecca to Dr.Michael Bruce. It was "a wonderful and stormy affair," according to Noah, since it took place on Cape Cod during Hurricane Ivan. Following the nuptials, the Greenbergs traveled to Seville and Barcelona, where they enjoyed the wonderful architecture of Gaudí and the culture of Spain.

Classmates involved in real estate include Nancy Tykol Peterson and Donald Low. Nancy has owned Peterson Real Estate in Guildford, CT, since 1986. Nancy enjoys traveling (Switzerland and St.Martin recently), art, reading, and looking after her animals. She would love to hear from classmates. Donald Low reports that he is buying as much Southern California real estate as he can. He has enjoyed renewing his contacts and sharing good times with Irwin Russo and his family.

In retirement, Ellie Browner Greco is busier than ever before. As part of her commitment to "make a difference" and gain further rewards professionally, she is a volunteer at a special ed school in Forked River, NJ. She and her husband Bill have a sport fishing boat (the construction of which they monitored week to week). She's gone through two knee replacements and is looking forward to skiing again. The Grecos visit daughter Laura, a teacher in Vail, CO, whenever they can.

A reminder once again that a pre-reunion planning session involving the class officers, reunion co-chairs, and any interested classmates is scheduled to take place on October 28-30, 2005 at the Boulders Resort in Carefree, AZ. Our host for the meetings, social events, and a golf outing at the Boulders will be Dick Tatlow. If you are interested in attending, and do not receive a notice, please e-mail me.

In the meantime, our 45th Reunion co-chairs Ginny Buchanan Clark, Peter Greenberg, Jon Greenleaf, and Sue Rand Lewis are scheduled to attend the Reunion 2006 kickoff in Ithaca in September. Affinity committees are such an important part of organizing for reunion. If any of you would like to help Affinity Chair Carol Franklin, please write to me and I will forward your message to Carol.

To check for classmates' addresses and e-mail using the Cornell online directory, all you need is your ID number. Go to: https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu. And be sure to track the latest class news about reunion at www.cornell61.org. --David S. Kessler, dsk15@cornell.edu.

62 | You probably read the Cornell Alumni Magazine article about classmate Rich Alther's exhibit of his original paintings on campus. Rich comments: "It was quite a thrill to have a Whitney-museum-type space, a lighting engineer, and acres of room for my Sibley Dome show--not a typical commercial venue, to say the least.Most satisfying was to talk with students, art professors, and professional critics--also not typical!" The Althers have just bought a home in Palm Springs, CA, for the winter six months, so Rich has a desert studio now in addition to the one in Ferrisburgh,VT. "My business (Country Home Products/DR Power Equipment) fortunately is flourishing with me on the sidelines.What a treat!" Images of the oil paintings in Rich's Cornell exhibit, plus reviews, resume, prices, and contact information can be found on his website, www.artvt.com/painters/alther.He can be reached at richalt@sover.net. From Francine Olman Hardaway (francine@stealthmode. com): "My company, Stealthmode Partners, has morphed through a series of grants into an incubator for early stage companies and an entrepreneurial education facility."Her daughter Samantha '93 is engaged to be married; daughter Chelsea published her first book this year, Why Businesspeople Speak Like Idiots (Free Press). "Dogs Emmett and Chauncey have done nothing notable."

A most welcome note from Judge Harry Edwards brings us up to date. Harry is now in his 25th year on the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and "still having fun.My portrait will be presented to the court in November 2005 and I will take ‘senior status' in December. I will continue to work a nearly full schedule on the court even as a Senior Judge, but I will have more time to teach and write. I have been teaching at NYU Law School for the past 14 years and will continue as an adjunct professor of law at NYU in the years ahead. On April 30, I will give the keynote address at a conference entitled ‘Cornell Mosaic: Celebrating Diversity and Advancing Inclusion.' It will be nice to visit Ithaca again. I had an interesting time reflecting on my time at Cornell in preparing my paper for the conference."

Harry continues:"My wife, Pamela Carrington-Edwards, and I spend most of our summers on Cape Cod in East Orleans, MA, where we have a home.We love the Cape and look forward to the end of the court term when we head north. I am still water-skiing and getting better each year. Lois Mayer Tukman and her family have a home on Martha's Vineyard, and we get together with them every summer. Pamela is happily retired after more than 30 years as a corporate executive in department store and specialty retailing. I regularly speak on a variety of legal issues around the country and this allows Pamela and me to take interesting trips together. Our schedule this term includes trips to Berkeley, Ithaca, Carmel, Jackson Hole, Philadelphia, and Montreal. The trip to Philly was really nice, because we had a chance to get together with my Cornell roommate Dave Slovic '63 and his spouse Ligia. Dave is a prominent architect and artist, and he and Ligia live in a gorgeous home that they built in the heart of downtown Philadelphia."Harry's son Brent is an associate professor of English at Rutgers. His first book was published by Harvard U. Press and he has two more in the works. Daughter Michelle is very busy taking care of Harry's two grandchildren (ages 8 and 6), working full time, and taking courses toward a degree in nursing.

June and Bob Wood (bwoodathome@yahoo.com) took a trip to Argentina and Chile through the Cornell Alumni Federation. They enjoyed sharing the adventure with lots of Cornell alums, including classmates Stu, MD '66, and Joan Weill Levin of Los Angeles, and near-classmates Donna and John Sussman '65 (Los Angeles), Sharon and Gordon Druehl '66 (Sonoma, CA), Toby Rice Goldberg '64 and husband Bob (Huntington Station, NY), Linda Jensen Hamlet '66 (Steamboat, CO), and Phyllis Pugatch Schecter '60 and husband Keeve (New York City).

Sandy and Howard Weiswasser (hhw2@cornell.edu) are still living on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Sandy is doing residential apartment sales and substitute teaching (elementary through high school), and is on the board of directors of their cooperative building.Howard writes, "I'm busy with my criminal law defense practice, but somewhere I went wrong--our daughter Amy '99 (UB Law '02) has become a prosecutor with the Bronx County District Attorney's Office. Before she started at the DA's office, I had the pleasure of her second-seating me and taking part in a jury trial of a gun possession case. I am in touch with classmate Bill (and Fran) Appelbaum--they are living in the suburbs of Chicago, where Bill practices cardiology; and Doris and Ben Stern, who are living in the Catskills and enjoying their grandchildren. Linda and Marty Shapiro, DVM '65, spend part of the year in New York and part in Florida; their children Michael '90 and Lorin '93 both graduated from Cornell.

It's past time to pay your class dues and send along a few words about your current shenanigans! E-mail, snail mail, even the telephone--it all works. Just do it!-- Jan McClayton Crites, 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde Hill,WA 98004; e-mail, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 | Your News and Dues letter arrived a few months ago and hopefully you have all responded with both your dues and your news. I had breakfast the other day with fellow Tucsonan Jennifer Patai Schneider.We had been trying to get together for months and finally succeeded. Jennifer was an internist for 20 years and is now a specialist in pain management and addiction medicine. She has published a book, Living with Chronic Pain (Healthy Living Books), and is currently writing another. Jennifer and a colleague are writing a book on couples therapy using a personality system called enneagram that shows how pairings of personality traits interact in relationships. Jennifer's junior year roommate at Cornell was Jane Brody '62, who writes for the New York Times. Jane wrote an article in the February 15, 2005 issue entitled, "When It Comes to Severe Pain, Doctors Still Have Much to Learn." In the article she quotes Jennifer's opinions on pain management and especially "empowering patients to demand adequate pain treatment."

I wrote about Jennifer's daughter, Jessica Grace Wing, a while ago. Jessica died of colon cancer at the age of 32. The March 7, 2005 issue of Time magazine had an article about several young people who did extraordinary things before their death. Jennifer had founded a small New York City theater company before she was diagnosed. She had wanted to complete a full-length film, but decided to use her remaining time to compose an opera. She did so, but didn't live to see her opera, "Lost," an adaptation of Hansel and Gretel, debut at the New York International Fringe Festival.

C. Gene Cayten, a 1967 graduate of the New York Medical College, professor of surgery and community and preventive medicine, and director of surgery at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx, has been appointed senior associate dean there.He has also been awarded a certificate of appreciation by the State of New York Dept. of Health for his 15 years of service as a member of the NYS Trauma Advisory Committee. Martin Dollinger, LLB '66, partner of the New Jersey law firm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, and Davis LLP, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2005-06. His practice concentrates on complex transactional real estate with an emphasis on office, industrial, and retail leasing, and corporate matters throughout the US.

Patricia Kelly Poggi sent information on our class meeting at CACO's Mid-Winter Meeting in New York in late January. Marijane BeattieWatson has already begun Reunion 2008 planning. Reunion committee members who attended that meeting included Gwen Sibson Porcaro and Carol Westenhoefer Anderson. The committee is looking for themes and topics for class forums. A possible theme for the 45th Reunion is "45 Alive!"

Kathleen Illencsik Lilley is a psychotherapist in Ithaca. Kathleen lost a dear friend, Dorothy Reddington, who was employed for many years at Cornell. Kathleen wrote a beautiful tribute to her friend in the form of a poem that was read at the memorial service attended by 400 people. Madeleine Leston Meehan's Mostly Music Art exhibition opened in St. Thomas,Virgin Islands, on March 10, 2005.Madeleine's artwork included oils, aquarelles, mixed media, and pen and ink drawings. The display was hung in the galleries of the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts.

Nancy Cooke McAfee spent time with Carol Bagdasarian Aslanian in early March while Nancy worked with Christo to install the Gates project in Central Park. Nancy walked to work every day.Work was hard but "followed by the pure exhilaration of seeing the park transformed into a magical landscape filled with saffron-colored ribbons." I asked Nancy to explain how she got involved with Christo and she pointed out that an article would be appearing in the alumni magazine [see "Currents,"May/June '05].Meanwhile, she told me that she met Christo in 1985 when he visited the Cleveland Museum of Art where she worked. She taught Christo's work in her art history classes and even worked on his umbrella project in California in 1991. She enjoyed that so much that she signed up to work with the Gates project then.

Classmate Lew Platt is presently chairman of the board for Boeing Company and was involved in the ouster of the president and chief executive. This means added work for Lew, who will help "guide the search for a new chief executive" for the company. Lew had retired in 1999 as chief executive of Hewlett Packard. That's all for this month. Please send news by e-mail or directly to Cornell when you pay your dues. -- Nancy Bierds Icke, 12350 E. Roger Rd., Tucson, AZ 85749; e-mail, icke63@msn.com.

64 | Good summertime reading here, as we present news from classmates we haven't heard from in some time. Dave Slepyan, MD '68, a plastic surgeon, and wife Judi have moved from Mercer Island, a Seattle suburb, to Langley, located on rural 65-mile-long Whidbey Island, some 40 miles north of Seattle and facing Vancouver Island. He writes: "Not a bad sentence. I wasn't sure they needed a plastic surgeon up here, but I have found it quite enjoyable. The kids have all flown, including Dorothy '99 and Josie '02. I'm still the team doc for the U. of Washington crew and that's been going on for the past 30 years." Nancy Nelson has retired. She and her husband of two years, Larry Ponsford, split the year evenly between two homes, one in Marblehead, MA, where they live from June to November, then back in Washington, DC. She writes: "We're both enjoying the great gift of time and are amazed at how quickly it passes."Nancy's interests are in science writing and music. They also travel widely, recently to Vietnam, Cambodia, France, Spain, and China, plus they are on the waiting list for an archaeological trip to Libya this autumn.

Artist Valerie Jesraly Seligsohn still keeps busy teaching Drawing & Art Appreciation at Daytona Beach (FL) Community College and has an exhibit, "Vessels of Life," that is running from May to July in the Ormand Memorial Museum in nearby Ormand Beach. If you're in the area, you can see it this month. She and husband Melvin live in Ponce Inlet, FL, have a grown daughter, and visited Wyoming last year. Valerie clearly enjoys keeping busy, for she advises, "Don't retire." Consultant Karen Brounstein Levitan, MEd '65, chose not to follow her classmate's advice. She writes: "My work environment was weak on challenge and I took the plunge and retired on Dec. 31. January was hard, rather weird without structure and my work buddies."Husband Herb '61, PhD '65, retired the same day. The Brounsteins celebrated their unaccustomed freedom by "running away" to New Zealand for six weeks, " . . . a wonderland of natural beauty and one big resort/campground. Highly recommended! We pushed ourselves into physical activities that were thrilling, fun, and non-stop, and returned ready to get on with our new life and to create new structure--or not!" The Brounsteins live their structured (or not) existence in Arlington, VA.

Bill "Rams" Ramsey, an orthopedic surgeon, splits the difference between being retired and not, saying he is "semi-retired." Judging by his activities (golf, skiing,motorcycling, and model railroading) and recent travel (motorcycle trip last summer in California, Nevada, Utah, and Oregon), it sounds like he's leaning toward retirement.When he got home from his trip, it was to Santa Rosa, CA, where he lives with wife Barbara. Both their children are grown. Neal "Dago" D'Agostino, who is making his first appearance in this column, still works in sales management, and, in his spare time, enjoys motorsports and rebuilding houses and cars. Neal and wife Linda have two grown children and live in California, which he acerbically describes as "Can't-afford-ya!" Abbey Schiff Achs is also still working, "although more leisurely." Abbey is in export sales, selling southern pine lumber to Europe, Asia, and the Mideast. She and husband Stephen went on safari in Kenya last autumn, a trip she describes as "fantastic!" The Achses live south of Laredo, TX, in Ajijic,Mexico, on Lake Chapala. They also have two grown children.

Just a note but no news from Lynda Gould, a foundation executive. She and husband Elliot Gordon live in NYC. Ditto Lois Gwinner Dallow, who lives with husband Richard in Naples, FL. Ben Hocker, PhD '70, who lives in Minnetonka,MN, is retired from Honeywell Laboratories. He was elected a Fellow of the Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a professional society. Peppi Gutcheon Graves is "happily retired" from her 30-year career as an elementary school teacher. In 1999, she and husband Edward, also retired, moved from NYC to Indian Lake, in the "beautiful" Adirondack Mountains. In 1994, the Graveses went to China to adopt a baby girl. Last summer, they returned to China with their daughter, now a sixth grader, and report being "amazed at the modernization that has taken place." She would like to hear from any other classmates who might still be rearing children while retired; e-mail her at pgraves@frontiernet.net. Peppi otherwise is a board member at a local arts center, does volunteer work at her daughter's school, became a gardener, and began a business making and selling jewelry.

Ed Hamilton retired from his executive position at Daimler-Chrysler, and he and wife Silvia have moved from Michigan to Las Vegas.He says of the change, "We moved from a ‘Blue State' to a ‘Red State' for (an) improved political career,' " adding he is thinking of running for governor of Nevada in the 2006 Republican primary. The Hamiltons have four grown children. If Ed runs, perhaps he can woo the vote of Pete Mansky. Pete is director of the Nevada Physician Health Program, a position he began last August after moving to Las Vegas from New York, where he was director of its health program. He writes he went west to be a "pioneer," adding that he loves the desert and the mountains. He and wife Susan are having a "weekend marriage for awhile," as she stayed in Albany to work for a while longer. The Manskys have two grown children and a daughter in high school. He enjoys bicycling, photography, and playing guitar. He says he used to be a "fantastic" skier, but due to spinal disabilities has difficulty just walking and standing.

Sad news from AnneWarren Pattison, who reports that husband Brian,MBA '64, died last February when he slipped on ice near their mailbox at their home in Hanover, NH, fell, and hit his head. Anne writes: "Children, grandchildren, and many wonderful friends have been a great support." Fortunately, two of their four children also live in Hanover. Nancy Crowder Roberts, who has been a close friend of Anne's since our freshman year, and husband Don, PhD '64, attended the memorial service.

That's all for now. If you have not already done so, please respond quickly to the News and Dues mailing you received recently; take a few moments to put news of yourself on the enclosed form. This column depends on your responses to our appeal. Keep the news flowing--and be sure to visit our class website, http://classof64.alumni. cornell.edu.-- Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; e-mail, blamont@tribune.com.

65 | Nancy Levine Castro writes, "Peter '64 and I have had an incredibly exciting and busy year starting with the birth of our first grandchild, Audrey Anne, born to daughter Stephanie Castro (Carleton '91) and Michael Wemple in August. Summer also brought the completion of our beautiful new home in Pittsford, NY. Adding to the excitement of the summer was daughter Wendy '94's move from Seattle to Chapel Hill, NC, where she is working for Family Health International. This job takes her all over the Third World, most recently to Nigeria and South Africa. Peter continues to enjoy his work as a research mathematician at Eastman Kodak, and I'm still busy with my psychotherapy practice in Rochester." Kenneth Rabin says, "I am alive and well, living in Warsaw and Berlin. I am the head of international healthcare for the American PR company Ruder Finn. I was widowed in early 2001 and remarried in August 2003 to a Polish woman (Anna Wysocka- Rabin) whom I met at a medical meeting; she is a medical nuclear physicist.We have just about finished remodeling a home near the New Town Market in Central Warsaw, overlooking the Vistula River."

Janet Walker DuBane is working at two libraries, Nyack and New City, in her "slide-into-retirement career." She says, "This cuts my commute to the Big Apple of 2-1/2 hours down to 20 minutes. I am enjoying having more time to see friends, listen to folk music, and hang out with Barney and Fred, my two cats. The simple life is good." Asher Levitsky married Sharon Garfunkel in June 2004 and is still practicing corporate and securities law at Esanu Katsky Korins & Siger LLP in New York City. John Marks e-mailed from a working trip to Jerusalem: "I am here arranging broadcast on the Palestinian and Israeli sides of a series of TV documentaries I have produced regarding the possibility that solutions might actually be found for the problems that divide the two peoples. For the last 23 years, I have been president of Search for Common Ground (www.sfcg.org), an organization that I founded and that, with offices in 15 countries and a staff of 400, has grown into the largest nonprofit in the world working in the field of conflict resolution and prevention."

Edward Kelman married Eileen Haubenstock in May 2004 and bought a house in Hillsdale, NY, last fall. Ed served us well as a member of the 40th Reunion committee. Dianne Zimet Newman moved to the U. of Rhode Island on April 1 to become assistant director of the Multicultural Center. She's also gone back to school, working toward a master's degree in public administration at Roger Williams U. Jonathan Stoumen writes: "I have moved my office from Healdsburg to Menlo Park, CA.My wife and I restored a 1927 Mission-style home in Palo Alto and are enjoying being near family and the benefits of neighboring Stanford U. I especially enjoy my daily run through the campus. Our son Jacob is studying marine ecology at UCSD and loving La Jolla. Our daughter Sadie is studying international relations and Chinese at Wellesley. This semester she is in Harbin, near Siberia.We are building a home for ourselves near Truckee and Donner Lake. It is the ‘greenest' building I have ever designed and it can be visited at www.summit-creek.com."

Daryl Goldgraben Smith wrote to say, "I have enjoyed my involvement with Cornell's PCCW over the last few years and look forward to my annual trip to campus. Because my research area focuses almost entirely on diversity issues in higher education, I am pleased to be involved, at least peripherally, in looking at Cornell's efforts in this regard. This year I am serving as the dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate U., but will look forward to returning to my full-time faculty role so that I can focus on three book projects related to diversity." William Brothers, president of Animal Care Equipment & Services Inc., writes, "I moved my company from California to Denver a couple of months ago. I bought a cabin on 70 acres in the Rocky Mountains. It's off the grid and surrounded by wilderness so it's very peaceful and has lots of wildlife all around. I keep a home in Ithaca as well, an 1850s farmhouse that was the next farm over from Ezra Cornell's farm back then. I get to go there about once a month and really enjoy keeping my Ithaca connections."

James Bussey retired from Carnival Cruise Lines five years ago after earning his MBA from Florida Int'l U. He became involved with the secondary and higher education system, joining several boards to help establish IT tracks in high schools and linking curricula with the university system. He was appointed to the board of the workforce administration for South Florida, establishing a third link for graduates and other job seekers. Jim recently joined the staff of the dean of the business school at FIU. He and Susie, his wife of 23 years, have two daughters.

This is my last column as your class correspondent. I thank you all for the news and views you have sent to me over the last ten years. It has been fun. I will now be spending my spare time, along with my wife Doren (Poland), with our first grandchild, Preston James Norfleet, who turned 1 in June. -- Dennis Norfleet, 3187 State Rt. 48, Oswego, NY 13126; tel., (315) 342-0457; e-mail, dpn5@cornell.edu; Ronald Harris, 5203 Forestdale Court,West Bloomfield, MI 48322; tel., (248) 788-3397; e-mail, rsh28@cornell.edu; and Joan Elstein Rogow, 9 Mason Farm Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822; tel., (908) 782-7028.

66 | Hard to believe we're only one year away from our 40th Reunion.Where did all the years go? You'll be receiving a lot of news during the next few months and it's never too early to start planning. It's a wonderful time to renew old friendships, marvel at the changes on campus, and reminisce and romance about our years on the Hill.

Mike Turback writes that he and his brother Jeff were invited to the Clinton Library dedication. Their company, History Company, was chosen to replicate the historic N.M.S. Resolute Desk, the centerpiece of the oval office.Many of you will remember Mike's former restaurant, Turback's, one of the best of our time in Ithaca. For more information about History Company and a possible copy of the oval desk for your own office, please contact Mike at (800) 891-0466.

Stan Kochanoff sends news from Falmouth, Nova Scotia, that he's still enjoying hockey in a 50-plus league and that he and his wife Peggy (Lavery) '65 are still awaiting their first grandchild--one of the benefits of being a bit older than we were 39 years ago. Brian (now retired) and Helga Cranston of Bedford, NH, were planning a trip during spring 2005 to Scotland via the new QEII to learn more about Brian's ancestry. Last fall they visited Hammondsport and stopped by Cornell, which Brian says "seems to get more beautiful each year." Brian is looking forward to attending reunion.

Dennis '65 and Joyce Ostroff Black recently enjoyed a two-week trip to Australia, snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef and visiting the tropical rain forest. They returned happily to see grandson Aidan David, son of Drs. Adam '91 and Stephanie Goldstein Black '91. Cesar Carrero, ME '67, is living in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with his wife Mayra, and enjoys traveling on the World of Residency, a luxury floating condo with voyages to Europe and the Caribbean.When not traveling, he is "dealing in real estate in San Juan and it is a good business." (Real estate seems to be a good business everywhere, even in Ithaca.) Robert Johnstone writes from Morgantown,WV, that sadly he is now widowed, but is continuing in his tenth year as professor and chairman of the Dept. of Anesthesiology at West Virginia U. The Dominion Post newspaper recently named Robert "one of the 100 most influential people."We offer our congratulations.

Madeleine Levine Fay informs us that she traveled to Cornell last summer with her 16-year-old daughter Isabel (possibly a member of the class of 2010). As encouragement, she visited with her two brothers, Andrew '88 and Nicholas '89, plus mom. No pressure there.Madeleine continues to serve as director of endocrinology at the Fallon Clinic in Worcester, MA. Rolf Frantz, ME '67, our tireless classmate, writes from Morris Plains, NJ. He and Nancy (Nystrom) '68 celebrated the wedding of their son Eric last Thanksgiving and also helped daughter Alyssa Frantz Lanner '93, MRP '94, and husband Mats prepare for their move to Portland, OR, after ten years in Boston. Rolf retired at the end of 2003 and traveled to Bermuda by boat twice last year.

Paul Weinberg sent a quick note from Roslyn, NY, that he is still heading up Human Resources at Kimco Realty. Congratulations on being a grandpa! Noah Weinberg was born on January 23, 2004 and is "gorgeous," says the unbiased granddad. Last fall, he and his significant other Karen Ginsberg enjoyed a vacation in Italy. Congratulations to Lucy Mueller Young, married to Greg in Sunapee, NY, on June 19 last year. They now have seven kids and three grandchildren and she still writes with a steady hand! She presented again at the annual America Art Therapy Conference, where the topic was her book, Printmaking as Therapy: Frameworks for Freedom (2002). Lucy is curious if there are any other art therapists in our class.

Laura Bowman Gray, MAT '67, is living in Los Angeles and loves her life there. She works as a professor and counselor at Harbor College, is working on her doctorate, and maintains an active private practice. Son, daughter-in-law, and grandson Lucas live in New York, where Laura and husband Philip have an apartment and spend part of their summers. She would love to re-connect with classmates. John, PhD '70, and Margaret "Meg" Warne Monroe, MS '68, have had a busy year. John plays trombone and has played solos as well as worked in the pit orchestras for Kiss Me Kate and Chicago. He also toured with Brazzissimo, a ten-piece brass ensemble, in China.Meg's been busy managing several big city planning projects in Burlingame, CA. They still talk about their fabulous cruise to the eastern Mediterranean last year visiting Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. -- Bill Blockton, bill@rbsfabrics.com; John Miers, John_Miers@nih.gov; Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com.

67 | Don Lifton, PhD '88 (Ithaca, NY; lifton@ithaca.edu) reports, "Aliza Locker '87 and I were married on January 26 in Key West, FL--far away from our Ithaca, NY, home. It will certainly be easy to attend our upcoming 20th and 40th reunions together! Onward!" Don is associate professor of management at the Ithaca College School of Business. Toni Ladenburg Delacorte (Alexandria, VA; tdelacorte@aol.com) is "working for a news service; living with two rescued golden retrievers; serving on two nonprofit boards; part-time adjunct faculty at the U. of Maryland teaching writing classes; enjoying rollerblading along the Potomac; and being close to the drama that unfolds daily in our nation's capital."

"Fodder from the West Coast," courtesy of Dave Yewell, ME '68 (Los Altos Hills, CA; yewell@ix.netcom.com): "Nancy and I met David Worrell and wife Julianne for a little wine tasting and touring in the Santa Maria area. You no doubt heard of the movie Sideways. Seems like this has caused quite a surge of tourism in the area, as well as a jump in Pinot Noir sales. Reminds me of Napa Valley 40 years ago. Just beautiful country." Dave adds that Al Wright is planning a motorcycle trip from Michigan to California and that they "will have to have a X0th birthday party." Dave's son Scott Yewell '98, ME '99, MBA '04, "landed a great new job at Bose Corp. in Framingham, MA."

Carol Ann Rauch Bromley reports from Eden, NC, that she and husband Peter '64 have a new grandchild, Roger Peter Christman, now almost a year old, whose parents are daughter Heidi and husband Carl Christman of Schoharie, NY. Youngest daughter Holly is married to Kevin Paul Barker and lives near Carol in North Carolina. Middle daughter Heather lives at home and writes children's stories. "A heart attack last November (2003) gave me time to re-evaluate and re-adjust," observes Linda Angliss Meyers, MS '69 (Gales Ferry, CT; linda.meyers@eastlymeschools.org). "All is well now, but retirement from middle school counseling is only two years off. Retiring from a second career as a licensed clinical nurse was a wise move. Now we (husband Bill and I) have more time for sailing, skiing, and travel."

Carol Polakoff Hall (Piscataway, NJ; jeffreyhall50@hotmail.com) is a special education teacher at the middle school level; husband Jeff is a pilot with Northwest Airlines. Daughter Megan (Rice '99) is a financial analyst/manager for Hot Topics in Los Angeles; daughter Kylee (William and Mary '01) is a marketing consultant with Spectra Marketing in Chicago. Jim Matteson (Madison, CT) reports that son Matt '98 is in his second year in the Master of Professional Studies in Real Estate at Cornell. For Alan Becker (Hinsdale, IL; aibecker@comcast.net), "this was a big graduation year. Our son Michael graduated from Yale Law School and is now with Allen & Overy in London. Our daughter Marie graduated from Swarthmore and is now at the Writers'Workshop at the U. of Iowa."

Carole Newman Allen (Arlington, MA; allen@massmed.org) advises that son David '97 "was married last August to his partner of four years, Michael McGrann '96. It was a joyous and affirming occasion. David teaches science at Collegiate School in Manhattan, and Michael teaches Latin at Brooklyn's Poly Prep Country Day School. "Two years ago I left private pediatric practice to become Director of Pediatrics for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty,multi-site medical group practice in the Boston area. I enjoy the challenge as well as contact with so many talented physicians. I continue to see patients almost half time."-- Richard B.Hoffman, 2925 28th St.NW,Washington, DC 20008; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | This is an interesting time of life for the members of our class. Some people are starting to do things different from their former careers, while others are actively involved in their longtime field. Let me share some news.

Randy Hallstead Allen is a part-time senior lecturer at the Johnson School at Cornell. Randy's son, Scott Meehan, a fourth-generation Cornellian, will graduate this year from the Arts college. Randy has founded a company, Girls Explore LLC, which focuses on educating girls 8-12 that they can be or do anything. As part of this program, the company makes dolls of famous women and packages them with a biography. Brooke Breslow is the executive director of the American Society of Breast Disease, the nation's only professional society serving healthcare practitioners and researchers in breast cancer. Brooke took this job after 20 years in management with the College Board (yes, the SAT people). He lives in New York with his wife Gail, a medical writer, and two daughters, ages 17 and 15, and their Maltese dog. Vivian Bridaham operates the Sotheby's Int'l Realty office in Bozeman, MT, one of my favorite places. Vivian is also an art dealer selling her parents' collection. Her outside activities include active involvement in the Bozeman community and serving on the board of the local land trust and American Wildlands.

Tim Albright is retiring from his teaching position at Catskill Central School District and looks forward to more golf, skiing, and travel. Tim's wife is a nurse in Albany. Monica Bernheim has a full-time private practice in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in New York.Monica's son Eli will be going to Vassar and is interested in theater and writing. Last summer Eli had a part in a film called The Squid and the Whale, which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival. Look for a release time in the fall. Jim Carney reports his marriage last October. Sherri is a doctor. Jim is an attorney, but is mostly involved in real estate property management and development with his family business. They are currently building a large mixed-use development that combines retail, office, and residential. The project is vertically integrated with retail below, then office, then residential, with a total of about a million square feet (see www.crockerpark.com). Jim and Sherri are about to build a log cabin in central Ohio as a weekend getaway.

Robert Cantor owns and operates the Insinger Machine Company, which makes commercial dishwashers, tray washers and driers, and related waste-handling equipment. While at the Harvard Business School OPM (Owners, Presidents,Management) Program, Rob reports meeting classmates Alice Richmond and Steve Boucher, ME '69. In the midst of all his activities, Rob was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and classmate Harry Greenberg, a professor of neurology at the U. of Michigan Med School, helped in tracking down world-class medical help at a Pennsylvania hospital near Rob's home. Rob is currently active in Parkinson's disease charities. His son Ari is Hotel '05 and daughter Rebecca '97 is a lawyer.

Mark Belnick (mbelnick@belnicklaw.com) has opened his own "litigation boutique" in Manhattan. He concentrates on complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense.Mark was previously with Tyco Int'l, and before that at the Paul,Weiss law firm. Susan Mascette Brandt and husband Bill live in Rochester, NY. Sue is in her third year of retirement from legal practice and loves it. She enjoys quilting, choral singing, and adult literacy tutoring. Sue's son Nick attended BC law after Williams College and lives in Boston; son Josh, a civil engineer, is in Providence.

Arthur Bernstein lives in sunny Boca Raton, FL. He is active in the aviation finance business and is also a member of the Palm Beach Country Airports board. Art says to remember that Florida is not all hurricanes and to come and visit. Allan Brookstone is doing "personally financed Peace Corps-type activities" in Yucatan,Mexico. Allan lives in a stone house in a village of 90 people and is the only one who does not speak Mayan. He paints and teaches English in high school, and is working on a book. He goes back to the San Francisco area several times a year and is visited by his daughter and friend.

John Currivan, JD '78, a partner with the law firm of Jones Day in Cleveland, OH, has been named in the 2005-06 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. John is also chairman of the Cleveland Tax Institute for 2005. Bo Chagnon (formerly known as Bozo Chagnon of the Sherwoods, or Philip Chagnon) is semi-retired after a career that included teaching, production management, and consulting. He still does music-related things and some speaking, including Sunday services for Unitarian congregations. Bo is also very involved in social activism.

I look forward to hearing from you. Call if you are in the Boston area. -- Gordon H. Silver, 2 Avery St. #26C, Boston,MA 02111; e-mail, gordon_silver@comcast.net.

69 | Since January 2004, Bruce Waddell has been president and CEO of SeaSpace Corp., a developer and manufacturer of satellite ground stations located in Poway, CA. In November he married Linda Humberstone, corporate director of information services for Citrus Valley Health Partners, a hospital group. John Mittleman has moved to Naples, Italy, and assumed duties as science advisor for US Naval Forces Europe and the US Sixth Fleet. John writes, "Naples is a wonderful and crazy city!" Another classmate working abroad, Ken Vineberg, BArch '70, has been appointed visiting senior designer in the School of Architecture and Design at the American U. of Sharjah located in the United Arab Emirates. Ken writes that the style of education is similar to that at Cornell, and also like Cornell, "the students are very talented and committed. After decades of practicing architecture in Ithaca, it is a wonderful change to be in a warm, sunny climate and just a short drive away from a major city," states Ken. Judy Braunstein Bailyn is still working at her south Florida business, The Carpet Connection Inc., which celebrated its 22nd year of operation. Judy's older son Jay '00 is developing land in the area, and her son Jonathan is a sophomore at Amherst College. Judy also writes that she sees Diane Brenner Hardy '71 almost daily.

Philip Callahan missed reunion because, as task manager for Cassini Radar Observations, he was making the first citing in the Saturn system--Phoebe. Then in October, he had a highly successful observation on the first flyby of Titan. Phil is also continuing his work on TOPEX, which is in its 13th year of returning data on sea surface height, and QuikScat, which is returning vector data on ocean winds. Phil also tells us that his two boys are about to enter graduate school. As mentioned in the March/April issue, Monique de Varennes has found time to write her first children's picture book, The Sugar Child (published by Simon and Schuster), now that both of her children are living on their own.Monique says, "All I need now are some grandchildren to read it to." Professor of women's studies and comparative literature at the U. of California, Riverside, Marguerite Waller announces her new book, Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization, co-edited with Mexican feminist Sylvia Marcos.Marguerite promises that it is full of surprises. She also tells us that her 7-year-old daughter Lea, who was born in China, has discovered Chinese dance.

Tom Grilk continues to make ends meet as a lawyer.His volunteer work includes being president of the Boston Athletic Association, the sponsor of the Boston Marathon. Tom's twin boys attend the Cardigan Mountain School in New Hampshire, where, he says, "they study harder and play all games better than their father." Tom occasionally sees Don Richenthal in New York and TomWatts in Hawaii, and notes,"Hawaii is better." Tom also tells us that Mayor Ron Arlas sometimes leaves Larkspur, CA, to compete in Boston's Head of the Charles Regatta. Dr. Gregory Colman and his wife Michele attended an outstanding Glee Club concert in Westwood, CA, where Greg enjoyed joining the current club at the end to sing the Alma Mater. Later, they housed one of the club members, John Stechschulte '06, in their son Geoffrey's room while he was away at Dartmouth. Greg still practices dermatology in Santa Monica, where he uses lasers, Botox, and Restylane as well as plastic surgery to stave off aging in his patients.

Alan Cody writes that he, Jim Chiafery, ME '71, and Laura Purnell Krich, MAT '71, were privileged to attend a pre-game reception hosted by Steve and Joan Wolfers Belkin at Boston's Fleet Center last January. The Belkins brought together the Cornell Entrepreneur Network, the Cornell Club of Boston, and numerous other alumni for an evening of entertainment. As owner of the Atlanta Hawks, Steve asked coach Mike Woodson to talk with the guests while the players warmed up on the court--the highlight of the reception. Inspired by this event, our Class Council would like to encourage Class of '69 mini-reunions throughout the country and welcomes any suggestions you may have. You can contact councilmembers directly or send your ideas through me. Please put "Cornell" in the subject line of any e-mail.

Gus Noojin has retired from Shell after a 35-year career. He is currently active on the boards of a couple of Houston area nonprofit organizations and goes to Ithaca at least once a year to chair the advisory council to the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Conversely, Dan Taubman was retained for another 8-year term as a judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals by 72 percent of the voters. Dan has been on the bench since 1993. After many years as an extension economist with the U. of Florida, David Zimet became the executive director of the Boynton Beach Faith-Based Community Development Corp., whose major thrust is affordable housing. David is a proud father and grandfather as well. Art Weisel and his wife Judy (Greenhill) '71 now have an all-Cornell family. Their youngest child Andy '04 graduated Phi Beta Kappa and is working at a hedge fund in NYC; Seth '01 works for NYU and is getting his MBA at the same time; and recently married Cara '98 is a producer at Fox News.

From Charlotte Bruska Gardner, we learn that William Perez is the new CEO of Nike. Forbes magazine wrote an article, "The Class Action Industrial Complex," that describes the role Leslie Abramson Conason played in reducing the huge legal fee--$262 million--that several law firms were charging a New York City pension fund for settling a class action lawsuit. As a city staff attorney, Leslie single-handedly waged the effort that was eventually decided by the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to lower the fee to $55 million. The process uncovered a ". . . cozy cabal of lawyers, unions, and public pension funds," writes Forbes magazine.

Save the date of September 24, 2005 for an off-campus "homecoming" at the Cornell/Yale game in New Haven with more details to follow.-- Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031.

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